Driving on the lawn?

[paulrockliffe]

I have a difficult drive lay out, single drive two cars deep. I can't widen it and I can't shuffle cars without going onto a busy road, which is super annoying.

There's enough space to pull onto the grass to get the first car out of the wash of the second, but I want to be able to do it without wrecking the lawn.

Does anyone have experience of those plastic reinforcement things that the grass grows through? Thought they would be fine, but my Dad has some and pointed out they have to sit on something solid and only leave a couple of inches of soil for the grass, which isn't really enough for good growth.

[solo2]

I had these for some years in the garden so I could drive down to a garage, they were bedded on a crushed stone base like you use on a block driveway. From a distance they looked like lawn although not if you looked directly down at them but then that is what I expected. the only drawback was after about 5 years the soil built up above them and it was just lawn above but you could still drive down on them in dry weather. In winter they were no good as you ended up creating tracks into the lawn back down to the concrete but I would use them again having said that and just keep the soil form building up in the first place.

[paulrockliffe]

Thanks, I've seen those, but would want something less intrusive. The plastic mesh ones look better, but don't want to have to put a 100mm MOT layer under and grow the grass in a reduced depth of soil. The maybe that isn't a problem, I don't know.

I guess I'm looking for something that won't sink under occasional use on a very hard soil without a sub Base.

[V8RX7]

I suppose it depends how fussy you are.

I've used the plastic tray type and they are fine IMO.

Alternatively there is just mesh you peg over the grass and let it grow through, which might be ok

[vindaloo79]

Grids from Amazon I think were under a £100.

I whacker plated down a couple of inch of rubble, topped with sand. Anti weed matting.

Pebbles cost about £40 for a st ton.

Wearing nicely a year on, but needs grass removing when it tries to encroach over summer along road edge.

[RC1807]

OP: my uncle has the plastic inserts on his front garden, so when both his grown children visit with their cars they can park on the front garden.
You can't see the grid, and it seems to work well, so he tells me ... I've not seen it myself

[worsy]

I had some of these https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/

Worked well.

[jodypress]

worsy said:

I had some of these https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/

Worked well.

Never seen these before. Would you recommend this for a small hatchback to park on daily? How did it look during the wet winter months?

[worsy]

jodypress said:

worsy said:

I had some of these https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/

Worked well.

Never seen these before. Would you recommend this for a small hatchback to park on daily? How did it look during the wet winter months?

https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/truckpave-grass-paving-grids/80-1m-green-x-grid-gravel-driveway-permeable-paving-ground-reinforcement-grids-5060423910138.html

These were the ones, turf up, rolled, mats down, covered in topsoil and seeded. Were down a couple of years without issue. Moved since

[paulrockliffe]

Thanks all, I've had a look around and they're all broadly the same. Looks like I should just try them and if they sink refit with something underneath. The ground is pretty hard so hopefully will work the easy way.

[Wacky Racer]

vindaloo79 said:

Grids from Amazon I think were under a £100.

I whacker plated down a couple of inch of rubble, topped with sand. Anti weed matting.

Pebbles cost about £40 for a st ton.

Wearing nicely a year on, but needs grass removing when it tries to encroach over summer along road edge.

Blast the grass out with a power washer on the road edge.

5 minute job.

[SpeckledJim]

worsy said:

jodypress said:

worsy said:

I had some of these https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/

Worked well.

Never seen these before. Would you recommend this for a small hatchback to park on daily? How did it look during the wet winter months?

https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/truckpave-grass-paving-grids/80-1m-green-x-grid-gravel-driveway-permeable-paving-ground-reinforcement-grids-5060423910138.html

These were the ones, turf up, rolled, mats down, covered in topsoil and seeded. Were down a couple of years without issue. Moved since

Thanks, you didn't lay a stone base?

I'm keen on a bit of this, but can't really be arsed excavating 6 inches and building back up with lots of effort and expense.

I want to bodge it.

[g7jtk]

If more people got rid of the law to park their cars on the there wouldn’t be so may blocking the roads.

[Philplop]

Wacky Racer said:

Blast the grass out with a power washer on the road edge.

Need to be careful pressure washing tarmac as it's easy to strip the top layer off.

[E31Shrew]

http://carturntables.co.uk/products/domestic-car-t...

Couldnt you squeeze one of these in?

[worsy]

SpeckledJim said:

worsy said:

jodypress said:

worsy said:

I had some of these https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/

Worked well.

Never seen these before. Would you recommend this for a small hatchback to park on daily? How did it look during the wet winter months?

https://www.matsgrids.co.uk/truckpave-grass-paving-grids/80-1m-green-x-grid-gravel-driveway-permeable-paving-ground-reinforcement-grids-5060423910138.html

These were the ones, turf up, rolled, mats down, covered in topsoil and seeded. Were down a couple of years without issue. Moved since

Thanks, you didn't lay a stone base?

I'm keen on a bit of this, but can't really be arsed excavating 6 inches and building back up with lots of effort and expense.

I want to bodge it.

No stone base. It was a turning area.

[paulrockliffe]

E31Shrew said:

http://carturntables.co.uk/products/domestic-car-t...

Couldnt you squeeze one of these in?

Me?

Would help me, my problem is my single width drive, I can get the car to the side, but the side is grass. If I put something like that in it would make a lot more sense to just pave over the front party of the lawn.